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Ten Reasons to Nominate the Bishop of Lexington
Stand Firm ^ | 3/03/2006 | Sachriss T. Rhett

Posted on 03/05/2006 5:32:02 PM PST by sionnsar

This week I received a letter saying that several of my colleagues have nominated me by petition as an additional candidate. . . . I do not know if I have a call to be Presiding Bishop, and I am not even asking myself that. What I am asking myself is if I am called to let the Church decide if I have gifts that might be useful to it at this particular moment.
— Bishop Stacy Sauls, addressing the Diocese of Lexington’s annual convention on February 24.

10. In these divisive times, the Episcopal Church needs the gentle touch of a corporate attorney-turned-bishop.

9. In the mystical world of Kentucky Episcopalians, Stacy Sauls is the yin to Ted Gulick’s yang.

8. The only way to break the hypnotic spell of Bishop Robert Duncan’s eyebrows is through choosing a bushy-bearded teddy bear as the next Presiding Bishop.

7. The Diocese of Lexington’s global reputation for affirming evangelicals and attracting an astounding 0.4 percent of eastern Kentuckians into the Episcopal Church.

6. Left-of-center bishops feel slighted in comprising only four-fourths of the official slate.

5. Long-suffering white males feel slighted in comprising only three-fourths of the official slate.

4. Kentuckians feel slighted in comprising only one-fourth of the official slate.

3. Isn’t it time a Baby Boomer shaped an entire denomination?

2. He has mastered the noncommittal rhetorical device of "on the one hand this, on the other hand that."

And the Number One reason to Nominate the Bishop of Lexington as Presiding Bishop . . .

1. Best diocesan website ever!



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1 posted on 03/05/2006 5:32:04 PM PST by sionnsar
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